Module BUSS3091: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Department: ECONOMICS FINANCE AND BUSINESS (BUSINESS) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS3091: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• The module aim is to enable students to appreciate the social and political environment of management in the public sector; the characteristics of management in this context; and to understand how the political, social and economic environments affect the practice of public sector management.

Content

• The political and social environment of the public services; the distinction between public and private administration; administrative philosophy; ethics in public service; open governmentl; efficiency, effectiveness and economy; accountability; decision making; policy planning; public personnel administration; principles of administrative law with special reference to the practice of public administration; the ombudsman. The institutions of central and local government; New Public Management; central-local relations; decentralisation.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students should:
• be familiar with the literature of public administration, both philosophical and empirical.
• have developed a deep and critical understanding of the component parts of the module.

• have further developed your ability to study independently.
• have further developed your writing and analytical skills.

• Wtitten communication - through summative assessment
• Computer literacy - through typing up of summative assignment.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching is by lectures, seminars and support for student-centred learning. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in seminars and private study (including student-centred learning). Formative assessment is by means of one 1500 word essay. Summative assessment is by means of an unseen written examination of 1 hour and 30 minutes duration and one written assignment of 1500 words.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Completion of one 1500 word essay.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University